# C_2007254EN.01000101.xml

| 26.10.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 254/1 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

26.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 254/1

---

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, 25 JUNE 2007

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, 25 JUNE 2007

(2007/C 254/01)

(The sitting opened at 11.00 a.m.)

(The sitting opened at 11.00 a.m.)

Formal inaugural sitting

The following addressed the Assembly: Mr Hildebrand Diehl, Lord Mayor of the City of Wiesbaden, Mr Horst Köhler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament, Mrs Glenys Kinnock, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Mr René Radembino-Coniquet, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Mr Roland Koch, Prime Minister of the State of Hesse, and Mrs Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Member of Bundestag.

(The sitting adjourned at 12.35 p.m. and resumed at 3.10 p.m.)

(The sitting adjourned at 12.35 p.m. and resumed at 3.10 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

Co-President

Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The Co-President welcomed all the participants.

1.   Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The Co-President announced that the list of Members of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, as forwarded by the authorities of the ACP States and the President of the European Parliament, would be annexed to the minutes.

2.   Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives

The Co-President announced that the authorities of the ACP States had sent a list of non-parliamentary representatives. In accordance with Article 17(1) of the Partnership Agreement and Article 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, he proposed that these representatives should be accredited and their names listed in an Annex to the minutes.

The Joint Parliamentary Assembly agreed to this.

3.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: Goebbels (for Ferreira), Hutchinson (for Rosati) and Morgantini (for Holm).

4.   Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/100.007/07)

The Co-President announced that the deadlines were as follows:

| — | concerning amendments to motions for resolutions included in the reports presented by the standing committees: Monday, 25 June at 6.00 p.m.; |
| --- | --- |

—

concerning amendments to motions for resolutions included in the reports presented by the standing committees: Monday, 25 June at 6.00 p.m.;

| — | concerning amendments to motions for compromise resolutions: Tuesday, 26 June at 3.00 p.m.; |
| --- | --- |

—

concerning amendments to motions for compromise resolutions: Tuesday, 26 June at 3.00 p.m.;

| — | concerning questions relating to voting methods: Wednesday, 27 June at 6.00 p.m., in writing. |
| --- | --- |

—

concerning questions relating to voting methods: Wednesday, 27 June at 6.00 p.m., in writing.

Speakers: Sebetela (Botswana), Deerpalsing (Mauritius), Cashman, Lulling, Straker (St Vincent and the Grenadines), Co-President Radembino-Coniquet, Sithole (South Africa) and Gomes.

The draft agenda was adopted as shown in these minutes.

5.   Approval of the minutes of the 12th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 330, 30.12.2006)

The minutes were approved.

6.   Trade negotiations: debate (without resolution)

Mr Thompson (European Commission) made a statement.

Speakers: Sebetela (Botswana), Borrell Fontelles, Deerpalsing (Mauritius), F. Schmidt, Oumarou (Niger), Agnoletto, Ramotar (Guyana), Mugambe (Uganda), Straker (St Vincent and the Grenadines) and Thwala (Swaziland).

Mr Thompson responded to the points raised during the debate.

7.   Report by Mr Kilontji Mporogomyi (Tanzania) and Mr Carl Schlyter — Poverty reduction for small farmers in ACP countries — in particular in the fruit, vegetable and flowers sectors (ACP-EU/100.011/07/fin.)

Mr Schlyter and Mr Sebetela (Botswana), for the Co-rapporteur Mr Mporogomyi, presented the report.

Speakers: Mayer, Mushelenga (Namibia), Gomes, Straker (St Vincent and the Grenadines), Nzomukunda (Burundi), Berend, Thwala (Swaziland), Bullmann and Njobvu (Zambia).

Mr Theodorakis (European Commission) responded to the issues raised in the debate.

Mr Sebetela (Botswana) and Mr Schlyter wound up the debate.

8.   The situation in West Africa: debate (without resolution)

Speakers: Carlotti, Top (Guinea), Van Hecke, Oumarou (Niger), Aubert, Ould Guelaye (Mauritania), Ati-Atcha (Togo) and Diallo (Mali).

Mr Theodorakis (European Commission) briefly responded to points raised during the debate.

9.   Report by Mrs Sharon Hay Webster (Jamaica) and Mrs Luisa Morgantini — Migration of Skilled Workers and its Effect on National Development (ACP-EU/100.012/07/fin.)

Mrs Morgantini presented the report.

Speakers: Straker (St Vincent and the Grenadines), Schröder, Sithole (Mozambique), Jardim Fernandes, Thomas (Dominica), O. Schmidt, Sebetela (Botswana), Aubert, McNish (Jamaica), Zimmer, Conteh (Sierra Leone), Schnellhardt, Ramotar (Guyana), Hutchinson, Duguid (Barbados) and Jimenez (Dominican Republic).

Mr Theodorakis (European Commission) briefly replied to points raised during the debate.

Mrs Morgantini wound up the debate.

(The sitting closed at 7.10 p.m.)

(The sitting closed at 7.10 p.m.)

René RADEMBINO-CONIQUET and

Glenys KINNOCK

Co-Presidents

Sir John KAPUTIN and

Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Secretaries-General

---